Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

NOTEBOOK “γ”

MORRIS,THE HISTORY OF COLONISATION

Henry C.Morris,The History of Colonisation, New York, 1900,2 vols.A historical survey from the most ancient times until 1899.Interesting statistical summaries.

The author gives the following table, II, 318, taking the figures fromThe Statesman’s Year-Bookfor 1900.

(x) InAustria—BosniaandHerzegovina.—In Turkey—Egypt, Bulgaria(and Rumelia) andSamos. In China—Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, “Jungaria” andEastern Turkestan.—In Russia—Bukhara 92,000 sq. miles, Khiva 22,300 sq. miles: ? + ? Port Arthur, etc.??

My calculations[2]

{The “history” itself, it seems, is a dry enumeration offacts.}

[1]So given by Morris.—Ed.

[2]See present edition, Vol. 22, p. 255.—Ed.

[3]So given by Morris.—Ed.

[4]So given by Morris.—Ed.

[5]So given by Morris. Under the heading “Australasia”, Lenin has omitted the data on Victoria: area 87,890 sq. miles and population 1,176,854.—Ed.

[6]So given by Morris. Under the heading “Australasia”, Lenin has omitted the data on Victoria: area 87,890 sq. miles and population 1,176,854.—Ed.